Responsive Designs | Site Monetizing | E-Edition

Successful Websites for Community Newspapers

Web Development

Using the Drupal CMS, Surf New Media can save you up to 70% vs. proprietary software ... and get you a better website.

Open-Source CMS is a considerably better website value for community newspapers than what proprietary vendors offer.

When you compare the values – included features, hosting and tech support – Open Source wins hands down. Drupal open source solution through SurfNewMedia.com is the best total value in the newspaper industry.

Mobile App Development

Surf New Media is in the process of integrating our new application development division into our newspaper web develpment, allowing you to get the full package of options: Web, E-Edition, Mobile App and Site Monetizing. More information coming soon.

Our newspaper app will brand your newspaper in the Apple App Store, with customized designs optimized for news, including main news categories, interactive interface and much more.

Pageflip E-Edition

Surf New Media provides your newspaper with an easy-to-use PDF-to-Pageflip solution for your news site, including a built-in paywall for subscriber access. This system works within or independently of your current website, to provide newspapers a way to sell their full print editions online in a web and mobile-ready environment.

Flexibility for your newsroom, advertising department, and circulation departments working seamlessly together: posting news, taking subscriptions, and submitting / tracking ads. Our sites are designed to work within your business plan. With a background in technology, the news industry and efficiency, Surf New Media offers complete newspaper and media web development at a fraction of the cost of the competitors.

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Our Portfolio Includes Weekly, Daily and International Newspapers, Serving Five Continents, 12 Countries and Hundreds of Home Towns.

A few samples below:

Tecumseh Herald

The Groton Herald

The News Gazette

Big Timber Pioneer

Waterfront Times

Lake Panorama Times

Sauk Herald

Starkville Daily News

Daniel Island News

The Nome Nugget

Zimbabwe News Now

Liberian Observer

Why Choose Surf New Media?

Pricing | Flexibility | Expansion

Pricing for newspapers of any size.
Unparalleled Experience and Support

Pricing

Our flexible pricing structure caters to newspapers of any size. Whether you need a site for a small weekly paper or a more robust site catering to metro dailies, Surf New Media offers pricing options to fit any budget.

Experience

The Surf New Media staff has worked in the newspaper industry for a combined 30 years as reporters, ad reps, circulation managers and IT. We partner with your paper to ensure a successful site.

Support

Surf New Media will not only work with you to get your site up, running and launched, our staff will also be with you at any time for questions, support, new development and much more.

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Latest Surf New Media Services

Content Scraping

Allow Surf New Media to get your content on your site faster and easier than ever. Simply email us a PDF of your newspaper, and our technicians will add your print content to your site.

Ad Networking

Our marketing partnerships can have your site generating revenue without the need for additional sales staff. Simple codes are added to your site with relevant content-related ads generating income for your site.

Social Media Marketing

Sometimes it is not enough to have your site rank well in Google and other search engines. Harnessing the power of social media marketing on your site can bring your readership numbers to their highest ever.

Hundreds of community newspapers throughout the world have experienced what Surf New Media can do for their online presence. Let us find a package that suits your newspaper's needs and budget.

Powerful Open Source Backend Modules

Using the Drupal CMS, Surf New Media can save you up to 70% vs. proprietary software ... and get you a better website.

Open-Source CMS is a considerably better website value for community newspapers than what proprietary vendors offer.

When you compare the values – included features, hosting and tech support – Open Source wins hands down. Drupal open source solution through SurfNewMedia.com is the best total value in the newspaper industry.

“Open source meant that we not only had the developers we hired working for us, but thousands of Drupal coders creating modules that we could use…. Drupal to us was the most flexible, cost efficient answer without having to sacrifice quality."

The modules in Drupal work well together; they’re designed that way. If you want to add a free e-edition or photo gallery module, it’s free with an already available module to add to your website. It’s that easy, proprietary vendors would charge you extra every month.

Get a better newspaper website, plus you can save about 70% vs. the proprietary vendors. Don’t get trapped into what the expensive vendors offer when you can get a much better solution available with a great future at a cost much lower cost.

Reviews From Our Clients

I just logged into the e-edition on my iPad and it works perfectly. I have never seen another e-edition look so great across all my devices. Thank you.

PDC Courrier Reader

In the past, Surf New Media implemented the Scribd e-edition reader into newspaper sites, but API changes, new (non-user-friendly changes) made us re-consider that option. We instead, built our own e-edition reader and now include it on our new sites.

Surf New Media fixed all our site issues immediatetly. Now that's what I call great customer service.

Bai Best @ The Liberian Observer

The Liberian Observer's server was hacked multiple times in the past, and after signing on with our company, we implemented many security features to block bots and malicious IP addresses from accessing the site. Additionally, we incorporated many server security options, which has allowed the site to stay stable, fast and secure.

The website is simply, amazing. I would say we have the best website in the area. Maybe the best site anywhere. I can't say enough how much this really helps us.

Les Wicker @ Naples Church

Each Year, Surf New Media donates one website to an area organization that needs help with their online presense. One of the biggest successes was with the First Congregational Church of Naples, which received the donation in 2015. The site was revamped, expanded and search engine optimized.

We really like the page-turning software. It allows us to give our readers the full paper anywhere they are. It really works well and looks good.

Sarah Elliot @ The Kaweah Commonwealth

The website we developed for the Kaweah Commonwealth was a big step for the newspaper. It included many social media features, but for the first time, the site was fitted with a paywall for their e-edition. It was a big step for the paper, but one that proved a success as their online presense and readership continues to expand.

The only thing I am not happy about is that you haven't sent anyone my way so I can tell them how great your company is. I am always available if you need a recommendation. You do good work.

Andrew Lightman @ Capital Community News

The Capital Community News was a rather complex site when we built it, with many customized settings for how content should be rendered per section and page. Our developers worked closely with the paper's staff to deliver a user-friendly, but also very staff-friendly site for the paper to launch.

Why Choose Drupal over Wordpress?

From the creator of Drupal

Fundamentally, Drupal has better support for content types, content relations, content versioning, taxonomies, localization, fine-grained access control, configuration management and more. Out of the box, WordPress simply doesn't provide the same level of functionality. I realize that you can do similar things with a combination of third-party WordPress plugins but that is often not as robust or well-integrated.
Dries Buytaert, Acquia. Creator of Drupal